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CHAPTER 1 Understanding BiM: FroM the Basics to advanced realities
The Bottom Line
Building information modeling is a departure from the conventional approach of representing
buildings with lines on paper; instead, BIM stores a description of the building as data that can
be used to generate all of your drawings.
Identify the advantages of building information modeling The traditional architectural
design tools you’ve mastered are probably serving you well. New software and a new con-
ceptual model of the building process will inevitably involve some adjustments, so they need
to provide significant benefits.
Master It What are some of the advantages of using BIM over traditional CAD tools?
Know what to expect from BIM A BIM project is based on a single, centralized database
of information. You need to anticipate how that change can affect workflows based on more
independent functions.
Master It How can your work process be affected by the adoption of BIM?
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